A former spy chief is calling on Israelis to revolt
In a wide-ranging interview, former Mossad chief Efraim Halevy paints a
worrying picture of the leadership abilities of PM Netanyahu and his
suspicious relationship with Putin, as well as of the future of the
Jewish state – but refuses to be pessimistic.

For Israelis, Peace Is War
Most Israelis think Israel doesn’t need 'peace'; it has high-tech, it
has an army, a state; at the airport there are long lines, the cafes and
restaurants are full. True, from time to time sons are sacrificed, but
the numbers are negligible.

Black Lives Matter – vs Israel? Close coordination of US and Israeli police causes dismay to the American activist group.White Jews Left the Movement for Racial Justice. But It’s Not Too Late to Return
Jewish institutions' condemnation of the Black Lives Matter platform
laid bare an uncomfortable truth: The glory days of Heschel marching
with King are long gone. We didn't earn a place at the platform drafting
table. Political correctness harms Jews
Op-ed: As long as political correctness prevents journalists and
politicians from reproaching intellectual, communal and religious
leaders for promoting and tolerating anti-Zionist Jew-hatred, Jews will
have their hands tied while being exposed to relentless assaults as
representatives of Zionism. Jews Around the World Drift to the Right
HAARETZ – In his 1989 book “Modernity and the Holocaust,” the
Jewish-Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman discussed the extraordinary
role Jews played in the emergence of Western modernity. At the beginning
of the 20th century, the Jews were considered to be the
standard-bearers of revolutionary Bolshevism, but at the same time
representatives of establishment liberal democracy. In economic terms,
the Jew was considered to be socialist and capitalist alike, and also
stirred resentment for belonging to a rootless elite or, alternatively, a
filthy barbarian rabble. This perceived duality was an element in the
rise of modern anti-Semitism. However, according to Bauman, that
situation no longer applies toward the end of the 20th century. [PHOTO
"JEWGIDA"]FLASHBACK: The rise and fall of communist support among Jews
The Communist Party remained attractive to Jewish East-Enders right up
until the start of World War Two, still being seen as a force for
‘self-defence’ by its willingness ‘to fight Fascism and anti-Semitism’.
Indeed, the Communist candidate in Mile End, Phil Piratin, was elected
in the 1945 general election on a wave of post-war euphoria, with the
help, it is estimated, of ‘old-fashioned latkes-and-strudel Jewish
campaigning’ gaining at least 2,500 Jewish votes, about half his total
(ref: Freedland; Alderman 1981, 1983). Yet it lost significant Jewish
support when their leader, Issie Panner, pronounced during the War that
Zionism conflicted with the rich, revolutionary tradition of Jewish
history admired by Marx and Lenin. At the same time, revelations were
emerging about the persecution of Russian Jews (ref: Srebnik).

IDF soldiers filmed beating terror suspect
Soldiers arrived at the home of a terror suspect who planned to carry
out explosive terror attack; suspect allegedly resisted arrest and
punched their commander in the face; footage shows suspect being kicked
and punched on the floor; IDF argues the video omits crucial moments
preceding the incident.

Netanyahu's critics have discovered the ‘villa in the jungle’
Op-ed: US liberal public opinion leaders, especially the Jews among
them, are undergoing a deep revision. In closed conversations, many are
voicing an agreement with the official Israeli approach that ‘there is
no one to talk to’ on the other side.

High Court considers home demolition for Jewish extremists Discussions
held in light of a petition filed by family of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
calling for the demolition of his murderers' homes; state lawyer argues
policy not warranted as a deterrence measure, while family attorney
cites 'double standards.'

The main reason for the new anti-Semitism
Op-ed: It’s neither Israel’s stand towards terror, nor the fact that it
won’t give up all lands claimed by the Palestinians. The real reason
for the growing hatred towards the Jewish state is pure jealousy. (Ils vont me faire crever de rire ces gens-là!!)

How Benjamin Netanyahu’s Dangerously Twisted Words Hide the Truth
In the West Bank, Israel is not the “one true democracy in the Middle
East.” It’s not a democracy at all. It’s not a democracy because
Palestinians — who comprise the vast majority of the West Bank’s
inhabitants — cannot vote for the government that controls their lives:
the government of Israel.

Israelis aren’t appalled enough yet
Change will come when people feel that the children are coming home
from school as monsters, when parents will do everything to prevent
their children from being made into soldiers, when the fear is over life
itself.

Open season on regime opponents
Bevy of reports from the past few days seems more appropriate to the
annals of a dark regime than a state whose democratic pretensions are an
avowed international asset.

Why Not a Probe of ‘Israel-gate’?
As Official Washington fumes about Russia-gate, Israel’s far more
significant political-influence-and-propaganda campaigns are ignored. No
one dares suggest a probe of Israel-gate, says Robert Parry.

The KGB's Middle East Files: The fight against Zionism and world Jewry
Break-ins, forgeries, creating front organizations and even planting
bombs – all means were justified in the battle that the Soviet
intelligence agency waged against the Zionist movement, the emigration
of Jews from the USSR and the world’s major Jewish organizations.
Classified documents now reveal that the agency’s leaders saw Zionism as
a real threat to the Soviet empire, and did everything in their power
against it.